Megachurch Pastor Robert Morris Resigns Amid Sexual Abuse Allegation

SOUTHLAKE, Texas—Megachurch pastor Robert Morris has resigned following allegations that he sexually abused an Oklahoma woman on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. The board of elders at Gateway Church in Southlake on Tuesday said it had accepted the 62-year-old senior pastor’s resignation. Mr. Morris founded the congregation in 2000. In a statement emailed to The Epoch Times, the elders said they had hired a law firm to “conduct an independent, thorough, and professional review of the report of past abuse to ensure we have a complete understanding of the events from 1982–1987” after details of the alleged abuse became public on June 14 in a report published by a religious watchdog website....